Iran low priority at the Washington Post

Just a few numbers I culled over this past week (M-F):
Articles mentioning Iran: 600
Articles mentioning Iraq: 1,542
Articles specifically about Iran: 22
Articles written by Washington Post: 2 (9%)
Articles specifically about Iraq: 37
Articles written by Washington Post: 12 (32%)

The huge volume of articles about Iraq is largely caused by its prominence in domestic politics. Almost 50% of the articles mentioning Iraq were found in the "politics" or "nation" section. Regardless, over the same period, Washington Post staff writers penned 37 articles about Iraq and 2 about Iran.
There is a saying that the army always prepares to fight the last war, meaning that senior leaders are preoccupied with the lessons of the most immediately previous conflict and do not innovate quickly enough. Journalism, at least in this instance, seems to also have a "previous conflict" mentality. Yes, there is a war going on in Iraq and not Iran. However, future security concerns are more likely to arise in Iran, or North Korea (only 190 mentions), or some other country even lower on the national radar. And when we're all blindsided by the new factor, we will be furious that we didn't see it coming. With coverage like this, should we be surprised?
The media is bound to print what the public wants to read, not what the public should read. Granted, I am not eager to suggest that newspaper editors are the ideal gatekeepers of public education, but media saturation of one concern at the expense of all the others is dangerous.